Vintage Synth Repair

Most supplier of electronics components in your neighborhoods once carried a line of CG products which include belts for tape recorders.  They have a slde rule style belt measuring device to measure the length and width.  As I recall the belt you need is about 7.1 or 7.4 inches.   Unfortionally, they have let their stocks dwindle do to lack of sales over the last decade.  But often then will have a belt that will work. You may have to go to a couple of stores.  There were other makers of belt besides CG too.  Expect to pay a few bucks.  I have bought almost all locally stocked belts here and will have to go to the next town if someone brings in another Yamaha with a belt drive!  




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> From: Paul Krull <paul.krull@...>
>To: "vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com" <vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com> 
>Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 9:56 AM
>Subject: Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Yamaha SY99 Disk Drive Belt And Battery Holder
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> Thanks for the response. I have seen that ebay listing though not translated into Italian. It's good to know that someone has direct experience with that product and seller and that belt works on the SY99.   
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>From: SG <amenophis@...>
>To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 6:07 AM
>Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Yamaha SY99 Disk Drive Belt And Battery Holder
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>last year I replaced my SY99 drive belt whit this.  Now my drive is fully working!
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>--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, Paul Krull <paul.krull@...> wrote: > >   Hi Folks: >  Does anyone know what a suitable replacement belt for the disk drive for the mighty SY99? There's a helpful YouTube video showing how to go about replacing it but what belt should I use and where's a source for it?   >  Another question is concerning replacing the CR2032 batteries that back up the samples and RAM. They are soldered in place and that makes finding replacements and installing them hard. Has anyone added a battery holder for the CR2032s in their SY99? >    Thanks, >              Paul T >
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